This is the place where you can keep up with our travels by following the WEEKLY BLOG, and viewing our VIDEO LOGS. July of 2014 we crossed over the Canadian border into Alaskan waters, aboard our sailboat the GLORY B., in search of a "divine assignment." We are still there. I hope you will stop by often as the adventure continues...

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Hello From the Glory B!

Quadra Island, Canada

June 12, Aboard the Glory B

Well,
an entire week has gone by since I last checked in, dear readers, and
much has happened since then. To begin with, the engine is running
beautifully, as long as we don't push the RPMs and remember to keep
her hydrated (she's fifty years old). We made the border crossing
with no problems (Praise the Lord!), got our official "visitor
number," and ran up our courtesy Canadian flag. After which, we
set our sails to head north along the east side of beautiful
Vancouver Island.

Which is a huge island, about 300 miles
long. Our first right of passage was
a little dog-leg stretch called the Dodd Narrows. The current runs
through there at around nine knots, and considering we only make
five, you can see how we needed a slack tide to even attempt it.
There were other sailboats waiting for the right conditions, too,
along with a couple of small motorboats that shot right through,
without waiting at all, because they had more than enough power to
back them up.

Still, it was like a fast-moving
shallow river, with rocks on both sides, close enough to spit over
the rails and hit them. But we made it through at about two knots
(think mph, it's easier), with only a few slippery moments. Whew!
Then on to our first port on Vancouver, which was the city of
Nanaimo. Big City.

We stayed an extra day because the marine radio
said there was going to be gale-force winds out on the Strait of
Georgia, the next day, and we were at the door. We needed to go
nearly a hundred miles on that big water. The locals said, it would
be no problem, as long as we stayed off it whenever there was wind.
This because it is not like the ocean.

On the ocean, when there is wind, you
get big swells. I don't like those, but at least you can sail up and
over them. In tighter places like the Strait of Georgia, you can get
eight foot seas roaring with hardly any space in between, and it can
be very dangerous. So, we decided to listen to the radio everyday and
stick with the fair weather. Which is why we made that long transit
(took us three more days) with fair winds and following seas. That
is, light airs to fill the sails, and water ripples that are headed
in the same direction.

Eight to ten hours a day, and because
it was our first week of that many hours of wind, sun, and motoring;
we didn't do much more than eat and sleep between times. Especially
with the added concerns of traveling through unknown (to us)
territory. Ah, but I am happy to report that we are
adjusting more each day, and actually beginning to talk and think,
again, too. So, the Captain says we are looking at two weeks to
Alaska, from here, if we don't have to wait out much bad weather.
Internet will be harder to come by after this (I thought it was hard,
already), but I will do my best to find some.

Meanwhile, we are resting up a bit here
in a lovely little cove on Quadra Island, across from the large city of Campbell River, before we continue on into Discovery Passage. I don't know
what's ahead, but I don't like the names on this part of the map.
Things like Whirlpool Rapids, Desolation Sound, Blind Channel, Dent
Rapids, Race Passage, etc. So, if you think of us before you fall
asleep at night, please say a prayer that we have made it to a safe
harbor to drop anchor in. Because God hears every one of
those--indeed, He does--and we have definitely felt His hand on us
during a couple of close calls, already.

And what a wonderful feeling that is!
We'll share it with you as we continue to pray for all the prayer
requests that are coming in to us, via the prayer list box on the
sidebar of this blog. So, until next week, or before, fair winds and
God's blessings on all of you, fellow travelers!

PS... Stella Madison is still ahead of us, but we should be catching up with her, anytime. Coming in July is The Pushover Plot. Oh, dear... now what has she gotten herself into?

NOTE: Blogger comments are not
working on any of my blogs, but I will try to fix that before next
time. But many thanks to all of you, who I know are "traveling
with us."

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My MYSTERY TOUR is as much a mystery to me as it is to my readers because the Captain and I are always looking for "divine appointments" along the way. Encounters that often take us out of our own way, and off on adventures that are much more exciting than we could have dreamed up ourselves. At least that's how it's working out, so far. Meanwhile, I'm very glad you stopped by, and hope you will join us often!

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Blessings,
Lilly